English Dictionary

Neptunism

name

(historical) A discredited scientific theory of geology, held by many scientists around the late 18th century and early 19th century, that rocks were formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earth's oceans.

Neptunism is a geological theory that suggests that rocks formed from the crystallization of minerals in the ocean.

意味（1）

(historical) A discredited scientific theory of geology, held by many scientists around the late 18th century and early 19th century, that rocks were formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earth's oceans.